长益轮（“Ever Alot“）
2022年9月19日长益轮（“Ever Alot“）在汉堡港的首次停靠 - 该艘巨轮是第一艘容量超过24,000 TEU的集装箱船。
班轮服务与接驳服务
汉堡全球班轮服务网络
Around 7,000 seagoing vessels call at the Port of Hamburg every year. One of the main markets is Asia: in 2024, Hamburg was served by an average of 19 full container Asia services per week. In addition, there were 30 liner services to Northern Europe, 21 to Africa, 11 to the Red Sea/Arabian Gulf, 13 to South America, 15 to North America, 9 to Central America, and various direct connections to other destinations, including India/Pakistan, Central America/Caribbean, and Australia/Pacific.
The growth in the number of container ships with a capacity of 10,000 TEU and above – known as ultra-large container ships (ULCS) – continues unabated in Hamburg. In 2024, 386 ULCS docked in Hamburg. Terminal operators have been adapting to this trend for years and are expanding their facilities accordingly.
汉堡——北海及波罗的海地区转运中心
从事洲际深海航运的大型船舶通常只来往于能够提供足够货物量的港口。仅运营有限货物量或远离主航道的港口通常只能提供接驳服务，相应使用的小型集装箱船载货量一般在300至1800标准箱之间。
重要的欧洲贸易所涉及的接驳服务主要面向北海和波罗的海地区。汉堡是港是这些服务主要的北欧转运中心。除分销服务外，欧洲内部的货物通常经由汉堡港运往北海和波罗的海地区（短途海运）。每周都会有许多接驳航运与短途海运船舶来往于汉堡港和斯堪的纳维亚半岛、波兰、芬兰、俄罗斯、波罗的海国家、英国、爱尔兰、冰岛等国家和地区。汉堡港在德国与其欧洲邻国的对外贸易中扮演着重要角色。
由于位于基尔运河河口，汉堡港被认为是波罗的海地区最西边的港口。而与更加西部的港口相比，汉堡港和北海海岸线上的其他德国海港占据着巨大的地理优势。例如，经由基尔运河到达波兰格但斯克的路线仅为437海里，而绕道丹麦最北端（斯卡根）到达波兰则需要874海里。